diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e588644031..0b38495917 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,49 @@ jobs:
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         files: ./build/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml
+
+  build-artifact-names:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 11
+
+    - run: |
+        security_plugin_version=$(./gradlew properties -q | grep -E '^version:' | awk '{print $2}')
+        security_plugin_version_no_snapshot=$(echo $security_plugin_version | sed 's/-SNAPSHOT//g')
+        security_plugin_version_only_number=$(echo $security_plugin_version_no_snapshot | cut -d- -f1)
+        test_qualifier=alpha2
+
+        echo "SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION=$security_plugin_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_NO_SNAPSHOT=$security_plugin_version_no_snapshot" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_ONLY_NUMBER=$security_plugin_version_only_number" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "TEST_QUALIFIER=$test_qualifier" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - run: |
+        echo ${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION }}
+        echo ${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_NO_SNAPSHOT }}
+        echo ${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_ONLY_NUMBER }}
+        echo ${{ env.TEST_QUALIFIER }}
+
+    - run: ./gradlew clean assemble && test -s ./build/opensearch-security-${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.jar
+
+    - run: ./gradlew clean assemble -Dbuild.snapshot=false && test -s ./build/opensearch-security-${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_NO_SNAPSHOT }}.jar
+
+    - run: ./gradlew clean assemble -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier=${{ env.TEST_QUALIFIER }} && test -s ./build/opensearch-security-${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_ONLY_NUMBER }}-${{ env.TEST_QUALIFIER }}.jar
+
+    - run: ./gradlew clean assemble -Dbuild.version_qualifier=${{ env.TEST_QUALIFIER }} && test -s ./build/opensearch-security-${{ env.SECURITY_PLUGIN_VERSION_ONLY_NUMBER }}-${{ env.TEST_QUALIFIER }}-SNAPSHOT.jar
+
+    - run:  |
+        ## EXISTING_OS_VERSION outputs the major version, example as 2
+        EXISTING_OS_VERSION=$(./gradlew properties | grep opensearch.version | cut -d':' -f2- | awk '{$1=$1};1' | cut -d '-' -f1 | cut -d '.' -f1)
+        ## INCREMENT_OS_VERSION in an increment of 1, example if EXISTING_OS_VERSION is 2, INCREMENT_OS_VERSION is 3
+        INCREMENT_OS_VERSION=$((++EXISTING_OS_VERSION)) 
+        ./gradlew clean updateVersion -DnewVersion=$INCREMENT_OS_VERSION.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+        test `./gradlew properties | grep opensearch.version | cut -d':' -f2- | awk '{$1=$1};1'` = $INCREMENT_OS_VERSION.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+    - name: List files in the build directory if there was an error
+      run: ls -al ./build/
+      if: failure()
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d57bd900c4..8a690dd988 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 ext {
-    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.4-SNAPSHOT")
+    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.5-SNAPSHOT")
 }
 
 configurations.all {
@@ -374,3 +374,20 @@ buildDeb {
     arch = 'all'
     archiveName "${packageName}-${version}.deb"
 }
+
+// updateVersion: Task to auto increment to the next development iteration
+task updateVersion {
+    onlyIf { System.getProperty('newVersion') }
+    doLast {
+        ext.newVersion = System.getProperty('newVersion')
+        println "Setting version to ${newVersion}."
+        // String tokenization to support -SNAPSHOT
+        ant.replaceregexp(match: opensearch_version.tokenize('-')[0], replace: newVersion.tokenize('-')[0], flags:'g', byline:true) {
+            fileset(dir: projectDir) {
+                // Include the required files that needs to be updated with new Version
+                // No BWC tests in this major release
+            }
+        }
+        ant.replaceregexp(file:'build.gradle', match: '"opensearch.version", "\\d.*"', replace: '"opensearch.version", "' + newVersion.tokenize('-')[0] + '-SNAPSHOT"', flags:'g', byline:true)
+    }
+}